Adding new customers can create more unique AS9102 demands, thus stretching your limited resources even further. Often the prospect of adding yet another customer, and their unique AS9102 forms, further stresses your overwhelmed quality department. If this sounds all too familiar, here are five solutions to this problem.

Manufacturers who want to diversify their product line are met with serious challenges. While the adage, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” seems simplistic enough, the implementation of diversifying is anything but simple. Finding cross over markets in aerospace, medical device and automotive industries, basically serving three or four market masters, can lead to tremendous opportunity and challenges.

A complete First Article Inspection (FAI) prior to shipment is a reality that most suppliers understand and they move heaven and earth to comply with their customer’s demands. But after completing the lengthy documentation and submitting this FAI package to the customer, the supplier often cannot ship the parts: The FAI is held up without the necessary customer approval.

Not long ago, IT integration projects were an intimidating task due to the historic number of failed projects. This is not the case today because the technology exists and when combined with proper implementation they are very successful.

In these highly competitive times, it may seem as though improving productivity is the key to market share. Manufacturers often focus on improving productivity and managing, controlling and reducing costs. 

Today’s manufacturing industry relies on the use of GD&T definitions, and the ability to verify parts directly to them for first article and production inspection and reporting. Only then do orders ship and the manufacturer gets paid. Price and scheduling are negotiable, quality is not!